Skyhawks Capture 29 Combined NCEA All-Academic Awards

Skyhawks Capture 29 Combined NCEA All-Academic Awards

4/8/2026 3:00:00 PM | Equestrian

WACO, Texas – A total of 17 University of Tennessee at Martin student-athletes collected 29 National Collegiate Equestrian Association All-Academic and Honor Roll accolades today.

The Skyhawks boasted eight NCEA first team All-Academic recipients, four NCEA second team All-Academic honorees and 17 NCEA All-Academic Honor Roll scholars on the list released today. The NCEA began its All-Academic initiative to recognize student-athletes for their success both in the arena and in the classroom as riders must have maintained full-time enrollment in the previous spring and fall semesters, respectively, to earn a spot on the lists.

Representing UT Martin on the NCEA first team All-Academic list was Payton Bundy, Claire Carpenter, Kathleen DeGenova, Ruby Gunderson, Elise Mason, Kate Mills, Abby Tibbits and Olivia Wynn. This group must have competed in a minimum of 70 percent of their school's meets (not including demo or exhibition rides) and earned a cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.5.

Stevie Brown, Lydia Jordan, Audrey Morris and Ava Newsom each notched NCEA second team All-Academic honors. Those four Skyhawks chalked up those awards after competing in a minimum of 60 percent of their school's meets (not including demo or exhibition rides) and a cumulative 3.25 GPA.

A host of UT Martin riders piled up NCEA All-Academic Honor Roll status, which criteria requires a cumulative 3.25 GPA. The 17 Skyhawks included on this prestigious list included Reese Barrett, Annie Batsche, Brown, Bundy, Carpenter, DeGenova, Riley Francis, Gunderson, Riley Hayes, Jordan, Mason, Mills, Morris, Newsom, Tibbits, Ellie Wilburn and Wynn.